Which to use
“sauter” and “sauvée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,800
- “sauter” frequency rank
- #14,562
- “sauvée” frequency rank
- 18362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauter | sauvée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’élancer en l’air, soit pour retomber au même endroit, soit pour franchir un espace. | Participe passé féminin singulier de sauver. |
Where the eye mixes sauter and sauvée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sauter (CVVCVC) and sauvée (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: sauter vs sauvée
A purely visual mix-up. sauter (\so.te\) and sauvée (\so.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauter is recorded at frequency rank #3,800, classified as averb, pronounced \so.te\. sauvée is at rank #14,562, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.ve\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18362, this pair ranks #378,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sauter vs sauvée
Shared letters: aesu. Private to "sauter": rt. Private to "sauvée": vé.
"sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sauvée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sauter ← asuter · satuer · sauetr · sauterr · sautre · sautter · ssauter · suater
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sauter" and "sauvée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sauter" or "sauvée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauter" and "sauvée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauvée vs sauvette". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #378,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.